The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-22

The pick pockets got in some of their fin,
work at Pimlico this week, but only one of them
was unfortunate enough to fall into the hands Of
| the officers and he is now in Towsontown Jail. In
view of the fact that this fellow got the Doodle Of
New York alderman we think he ought to be sci
free.
-Towsontown has new business enterprise
in the shape of cigar factory, Mr.. A. NJ. Weis,
who has been carrying on the business at Upper
Falls, having removed here and established him
self in Rudgier's store building. He will conduct
a Wholesale and retail business and it is hoped he
may meet with success
Rev. J. F. Goucher, d. D., pastor of the
| First M. E. Church in the Belt, was before the
County Commissioners this week with reference to
| the lamps around his church. He stated that the
church would provide the lamps if the county
would pay for the gas consumed, and to this prop
| osition the Board assented.
| The rains of the past week interferred very
much with the sport at Pimlico, although the at
| tendance was large and the races fine were
ever seen at that track. The money that changed
hands during tho four days would be enough to
make all the poor people in the county happy if it
were equally distributed among them.
The old Friends Meeting House, on west
Lombard street. Baltimore has been sold to Messrs.
| L. H. Lee & Bro agricultural implement dealers,
|
ing house was built in 1906 and had been used for
religious worship for eighty one years. The Messrs
| Lee are residents of Baltimore county.
DR.. G. Halstead Boyland, son-in law of the
late Robert Gilmor, of "Glen Ellen" has sold 81
acres of land at Loeb Raven, Maryland Central
Railroad, to the Mayor and City Council of Balti
more, for $4,000. The object of the purchase is to
prevent the cultivation of the land and the conse
| quent washing of the soil into the lake.
"A ticket is being secretly distributed over
Baltimore county having on it the names of the
regular Democratic nominees, with ring at the
| top in which the name of Mr.. Talbot appears.
Opposite the name of each candidate his religion
is printed, with other comments in some cases.
We fail to see what good can come of such scheme
as this.
The new Oak street public school house, in
the Belt, has already proven too small to accom-
modate the large number of children in the neigh
borhood, and the principal, Mr.. Marshal Stitely,
has rented the basement of Huntingdon Avenue
Church. where 100 of them will be placed in charge
of three assistants. The new building will only
accommodate 400 children and there now 500
on the roll.
DIR. Thos. j. Jackson who has large stock
farm in the lower end of Hartford county, is a son
of Mr. Thomas Jackson, an old citizen of the 10th
district of Baltimore county, and brother Of Mr..
John W. Jackson, of Baltimore, formerly of Tow
sontown. He has several standard-bre stations
and has some fine young stock coming on. Mr..
Walker brother of ex Sheriff Walker, of Hartford,
is engaged in business with him.
Mr.. John P. Pilkey, wholesale liquor
dealer on Ensor street, Baltimore, died of paraly
sis, On Wednesday last, after illness of three
days, in the 10th year of his age. Mr.. Pilkey
owned. considerable property in Baltimore county
and was well known and highly respected here
He was native of Canada but had been engaged
in business in Baltimore for upwards of twenty
five years. His wife survives him, without children
Last Sunday from Hartford sat all
day at Eudowood Station, short distance east of
Towsontown, waiting for homeward bound train.
He was there early in the morning and boarded
the first train which came along and which was
going south. The conductor put him off at Tow
sontown and he walked back to Eudowood, where
he waited until 4.30 in the afternoon before he
could get off. He rank anti prohibitionist
and entertained a number of people who passed
along during the day by cursing the railroad and
giving his views on the liquor question. How he
got to Eudowood first is mystery.
A Baltimore County Game Preserve
Mr.. Robert Garrett has established a game pre-
serve his estate in the 1st district of this
ty. Speaking of this innovation the Sun says
Cup to the present the only game on the preserve
are English pheasants, of which there are about
two hundred. The eggs were imported from
England about year since. The first lot,
numbering several hundred, failed to hatch, but a
second lot, that were packed under the directions
of Mr.. CARROTS gamekeeper, produced good re-
suits The eggs were placed under common hens,
and when the birds were Matched they were hand
raised and then turned loose on the preserve,
which consists of about twenty five acres of wood
and open land, nclosed with wire fence about
four feet high. The birds, though nearly grown,
have not taken to the woodland, but disport them
selves in the open. The male birds are very
beautiful, and present a tempting sight to would
L.. III kLn~v oIA h. D.,k
the only poachers that the big stalwart gamekeeper
has had to contend with so far have been what he
termed "varmnts," which include coons, opos-
SONS, bats, rats, weasels, &C., with now and then
a bird hawk. The gamekeeper, who was imported
from England with the birds, is typical English
keeper. A Yorkshire man himself, he brought
with him Yorkshire terrier, which assists him
in his labors. The birds all know him, and do
not appear much frightened when he approaches
them, and he is careful not to let strangers go
near them unless he is in the lead.
Immediately adjoining his lodge he has encr
nous wire coops in which he has Il number Of old
birds that have to be viewed from distance, asj
the keeper fears they would rise on the wing at
the approach of stranger and kill themseves
against the wire covering. To avoid accidents Of
this kind fine specimen of the English bull ter
rier is stationed near the coops where he can keep
guard in the absence of the keeper. The little
Yorkshire terrier is thoroughly broken to his work.
lie is the constant companion OF MS master, ana
if any of the birds leave the Enclosure he fndsl
them and cautiously assists to drive them back
He will not let stranger pick up even an acorn
from the ground, much less handle young bird
Scattered around in the neighborhood of the
birds are a number of coops in which are confined
common hens with broods of young chickens
When these chickens reach the proper age they
will be used for the purpose of Matching out
pheasants. When the day for the shooting arrives
the birds will be scattered as much as possible,
and then the gamekeeper and his assistants will
beat the cover, and the birds fly over the sports
men the air will be filled with shot holes, and the
gamekeeper will probably be instructed to bag
enough game for the lunch which follows the
shooting. At least that is the programme as inter-
preted by gentleman who claimed to know all
about the shooting business as conducted on game
preserves" a--
Auditors Report-Maryland Central R.
R. Finances.-A. W. Perrie, Esq, special audi
tor appointed by the Circuit Court in the case of
w. w. Spence and Geo. S. Brown, trustees, against
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